Oh Yeah, Football: Week Eight Call It Caught Up

After a fantastic Friday and sh*tty Saturday, I had a good Sunday, starting on a walk around 9:30am. Unlike yesterday, I went Pokewalking east, down Truxillo to La Branch. I circled up to Baldwin Park, Dolce Delights, then the Museum District before finally hitting up Natacheese and ordered the special, to go. From text message updates from my friend E, it sounded like my calculated picks were doing quite well, with Atlanta winning, New England holding on, and Philly routing the 49ers. Finally, around 4pm and with over 14,500 steps, I got home and settled in to sit until bedtime.

"An important job today is trying to keep those balls dry."

My calculation has done more than quite well, with 100% accuracy today. One hundred percent, 11 for 11. I was wrong about Thursday night and there is one more game, so the worst I can do now is 85%. But this also means that my weird Super Bowl prediction remains in place. On one hand, I like that it doesn't just put the two first seeds in the big game. On the other hand, seriously?

Some of the teams end up with the same records, so the seeding is a little flexible, but it doesn't seem to matter. Jacksonville always defeats the Rams in SBLII. Always, always ALWAYS.

Oh Yeah, Football: Week Six Oh Gawd No

Another weekend, another round of games. I was in the process of adopting a cat and a few other dramas so I canceled my Persian lesson and got through my three day weekend without any driving. I also did a lot of work on my new Calculation Analysis spreadsheet, which gives me the percent accuracy of my calculation per team, based on the point advantage of the picked team. More on that later.

I was chilling at home, watching one of the early games, when I heard it. Aaron was hurt and was carted off the field. He could be out for the season.

No NO NOOOOOOOOOOO! It was a collarbone too, and shades of Tony Romo* and RG3 came flashing to my eyes. I swear I saw it in Rodgers' face on that cart too. Could it be the start of the end of the era? Two decades is a long time to always be a playoff caliber team (save a couple of off years). Are we due for 2, 3, 5, or 10 years in the shit house, or could Brett Hefferwisen be our next best thing?

I'll be honest, this was the first Brett that came to my mind.

On the other hand, this could be the shot in the arm the Packers need. I think back to mid-season last year, when I realized that they needed to win out the rest of the season to even have a chance at the playoffs. When this was appropriate. I hoped that would make them regroup, get a few different free agents, and stop relying on the Hail Mary as a game strategy. But then they did win out and learned nothing.

Well, now Aaron is gone, so they have to learn something, right?

In any case, this week also produced some great memes. Please excuse me and pay no mind to the loud wailing sobs.

Here's to the All-Star IR Team :'(

Oh, yeah, and regarding the Cowboys last week and my trolling, I still have no regrets.

*When he was a QB, not God's gift to football announcing.

Oh Yeah, Football: Week Uh, Week One Redo?

If it's not one thing, it's another. The rounding on my calculation wasn't working right so I have a slightly different Super Bowl prediction.

Wild Card

Wild Card

N6

SEA

Divisional

Divisional

KC

A6

N3

CAR

Conference

Conference

NE

A3

N3

CAR

N1

DAL

OAK

A1

NE

A3

N1

DAL

NFC

Super Bowl

AFC

OAK

A1

N4

ARI

OAK

OAK

A1

N2

MIN

Champions

PIT

A2

N5

NYG

N4

ARI

PIT

A2

IND

A5

N4

ARI

IND

A5

N4

ARI

HOU

A4

Sorry to have missed Weeks Four and Five. I certainly have plenty to say, but life is much busier these days. In other news, I went to the dentist last weekend for the first time in [longer than recommended] and I had NO CAVITIES! WOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh Yeah, Football: Week Five A Rivalry Rekindled

When I meet a Lions fan, I say, "Hey, at least you're not a Vikings or Bears fan", usually after saying "I'm sorry". When I meet a Vikings fan, I express relief that they aren't a Bears fan. When I meet a Bears fan, I say, "Well, at least you're not a Cowboys fan."  When I meet a Cowboys fan, I say, "OKAY".

I didn't go for a walk before the games this Sunday, sat through the early games, and was starting to watch Green Bay at Dallas. The first quarter was going terribly, horribly, disgustingly bad. My Pack were down 7-21 and I decided that if I accepted the loss early, it would be easier to handle. I went out for a walk, walk walk walk. It was flipin' hot, so I didn't wear a cardigan over my tank-top. I hit up a local wine bar, feeling underdressed for Natachee's, but got some San Pelligrino and tried a few cheeses.

That was when I looked into Facebook and saw something about someone changing the owner of the Cowboys to Aaron Rodgers on their Wikipedia page. Then I saw memes and memes and memes.

The Packers won.

THE PACKERS WON?

THE PACKERS WIN!

Okay, not quite, I just wanted to use that image. Okay, here are some memes:

Let me pause here to laugh, and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.

COWBOYS SUCK!

It's not a logo, it's a rating.

So, Monday, I decided to troll my personal trainer with this video of the final play of the game and a friend said that maybe he would make a tough workout for me on Tuesday as revenge. I said BRING IT! So Tuesday, I was prepped and the workout was good. Then, afterward, at the front desk, I said "that was a tough workout, but at least I can wake up every day thankful that I'm not a Cowboys fan." From the side, totally deadpan, I hear my trainer say, "you're gonna pay for that on Thursday."

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Okay, more memes:

I have no regrets.